What the records say
- When
- 2 Oct 1937 – 8 Oct 1937
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 17,000
- Coordinates
- 19.63° N, 70.29° W
- Description
- Haitian genocidal massacre carried out in fall 1937
Parsley massacre
1937 mass killing of Haitians by Dominican forces
The Parsley massacre, often colloquially called the Cutting, was a mass killing of Haitians living in settlements and occupied land in the Dominican Republic's northwestern frontier and in certain parts of the contiguous Cibao region in October 1937. Dominican Army troops from different areas of the country carried out the massacre on the orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Parsley Massacre: Under the orders of President Rafael Trujillo, Dominican troops kill thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Dominikanischen Republik beginnt, vermutlich angestachelt durch den Diktator Rafael Trujillo, das etwa zweiwöchige Petersilienmassaker”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page